{"id":35632,"date":"2023-02-17T16:33:53","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T16:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=35632"},"modified":"2023-02-17T16:33:53","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T16:33:53","slug":"update-unlimited-fines-now-for-tree-felling-without-licence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=35632","title":{"rendered":"Update: Unlimited fines now for tree felling without licence"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-35101\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Tree_fruit-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"143\" height=\"143\" \/>Felling trees without a felling licence where one is required will carry the penalty of an unlimited fine, up from the limit of \u00a32,500 or twice the value of the trees felled.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image: for illustration<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>GOV.UK writes:<\/p>\n<p>Felling trees without a licence, where one would have been required, is an offence. Please note that from 1 January 2023 the penalties for illegal felling have changed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/tree-felling-licence-when-you-need-to-apply\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>\u2026 all parties involved in the tree felling can be prosecuted for felling without a licence, resulting in an unlimited fine.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/report-suspected-illegal-tree-felling#what-could-happen-if-a-tree-is-cut-down-without-a-licence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Felling trees without a felling licence where one is required will carry the penalty of an unlimited fine, up from the limit of \u00a32,500 or twice the value of the trees felled. image: for illustration<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35632"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35633,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35632\/revisions\/35633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}